Standards, frameworks and policies

Commissioner's Requirements
Deputy Commissioner's Instructions
Sentence Management Manual
Offender Management Framework
Women's Policy for the Victorian Corrections System
Aboriginal Social and Emotional Wellbeing Plan
Aboriginal Art Policy Model
Correctional Management Standards
Health
National and international
Workforce

Commissioner's Requirements

High-level requirements in respect of operational matters for all prisons. They are issued when specificity is required to ensure consistency and/or continuity of correctional practice across the whole of the prison system, encompassing both publicly and privately managed prisons.

Deputy Commissioner's Instructions

The Deputy Commissioner’s Instructions are only applicable to public prisons. They operationalise the Correctional Standards and Commissioner’s Requirements and provide a level of prescription and ensure consistency across public prisons. They are developed in consultation with prison management and must properly consider human rights.

Sentence Management Manual

Provides guidance to all those who are involved in the sentence management functions. This includes assessment and classification, prisoner management and prisoner transfers. This manual ensures that staff conduct their duties consistently and in line with legal requirements and the principles enshrined in the Offender Management Framework.

Offender Management Framework

The Offender Management Framework (OMF) describes a number of practice principles that are based on the 'what works' literature. These practice principles ensure that Corrections Victoria's offender management practices are linked to evidence-based theory and enables a consistent, system-wide approach to offender management.

Women's Policy for the Victorian Corrections System

The Women's Policy for the Victorian Corrections system is to provide an evidence-based framework for addressing the particular issues and offending pathways for women in the corrections system. The policy applies to Corrections Victoria, Justice Health and our key partners involved in delivering services and programs to women offenders.

Aboriginal Social and Emotional Wellbeing Plan

The Aboriginal Social and Emotional Wellbeing Plan is an initiative of Phase 3 of the Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement. The department has worked closely with the community to develop this plan with the aim of improving health and justice outcomes for Aboriginal people in prison.

Aboriginal Art Policy Model

The Statewide Indigenous Arts in Prisons and Community (SIAPC) program, which has been operating since 2010, is delivered by The Torch with oversight by Corrections Victoria's Aboriginal Programs Unit and focuses on the role of culture and cultural identity in the rehabilitative process of Aboriginal prisoners.